Psychological and physical factors related to social integration of older adults in Ghana

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Background characteristics, psycho-physical factors by high social integration (n = 1927)

	Social integration
Covariates	High	χ²_(p−value)
Covariates	%
Background characteristics
Sex		26.166**
Male	33.9
Female	45.4
Age		6.461*
60–69 years	40.3
70–79 years	41.4
80 years or older	35.0
Marital status		58.632**
Never married	32.8
Married	43.9
Cohabiting/Separated/divorced	47.1
Widowed	24.8
Educational level		60.472**
No formal education	30.9
Primary/JHS	38.8
Secondary/higher	51.8
Religion		4.673
Christianity	39.7
Islam	39.0
No religion/Indigenous	31.2
Ecological zones		11.992**
Savannah	31.6
Forest	41.1
Coastal	40.5
Place of residence		4.410*
Urban	41.8
Rural	37.0
Ethnicity		32.704**
Akan	36.9
Ewe	41.5
Ga-Adangbe	50.7
Mande-Busanga	31.6
Others	46.1
Main occupation		95.386**
Not working	17.2
Part-time	47.0
Full time	42.1
Income		0.075
Low	39.4
High	38.7
Perceived general health		106.593**
Very bad	13.1
Moderate	26.4
Very good	46.3
Psycho-physical factors
Emotional wellbeing		97.231**
Low	30.3
High	52.9
Physical wellbeing		181.690**
Low	16.6
High	48.9
Psychological wellbeing		203.245**
Low	24.4
High	56.1
Spiritual wellbeing		33.699**
Low	35.7
High	51.8

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